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{twd} chipster topped brownies topped with gelato

A brownie topped with a chocolate chip cookie. How more decadent can it get? Add Gianduja Gelato!

This week’s Tuesdays With Dorie, Chipster Topped Brownies, are brownies baked with a layer of chocolate chip cookie dough on top. In my case, instead of chocolate chips, I added the mini peanut butter cups they sell at Trader Joes.

I made the brownies for a Memorial Day BBQ at my brother’s house. For some reason, my timing was off and these came out of the oven just as I should have been getting ready to leave my house. Ever since I’ve started this baking/cooking thing, I’ve started arriving late to parties. And it’s not just the baking, it’s the rushing around taking pictures of what I baked because it’s my only chance before I give it away.

I dumped the still warm brownies out of the pan and cut it into squares. I don’t know if the slices would have been prettier if I had let the brownies cool, but I’m going with that story. In the end, it doesn’t matter that they weren’t the neatest squares–people gobbled them up.

And, of course, I brought ice cream. This week I made Gianduja Gelato from The Perfect Scoop. It’s a hazelnut-milk chocolate bit of heaven. You can find the recipe HERE. To all my friends with ice cream makers: make this the next time you make ice cream.

Thank you to Beth of Supplicious for picking this recipe as we bake our way through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking…From My Home to Yours. It was a great choice! If you would like the recipe please visit her blog.

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61 thoughts on “{twd} chipster topped brownies topped with gelato”

One of your friends who doesn’t even HAVE her ice cream maker yet is ready to walk to the warehouse and ask for it! Great combination. (And the brownies look perfect – esp the very thin layer of cookie dough you got on top. I’m guessing that if you’re late, and you’re bringing these, the party doesn’t start till you get there….:)

As another friend who doesn’t have an ice cream maker, what kind of ice cream maker do you use? I really want to purchase one this summer and I’m trying to do a little research on them before I do. I’d love to know what sort of ice cream maker churns out all of your fabulous creations!
Those brownies look fantastic and the gelato sounds too good for words! I bet that everyone at the barbecue loved this one.

That looks like a great combo! I always seem to miscalculate the timing when baking something to take somewhere. More than one cake has tried to slide apart because I tried to frost layers before they were completely cool… =)

You have a wonderful way of photographing your food for instant appeal! Those brownies look fantastic, but with the ice cream…anyone would be proud to serve that anytime anywhere. My guys would be in heaven! Great job, fun post!

Well, they sure don’t look like they were cut warm! Beautiful! And the gelato–I just told my husband yesterday that I want/NEED a nice new ice cream maker. He just went on a business trip to Italy last week and said he had gelato a few times and that it is SO much better than American ice cream. Sigh. I need to start pricing machines. What kind do you have?

WHAT? That gelato looks AMAZING! I just told my husband you made this and he is trying to get me to make it right now. He spends a lot of time in Italy for business and gianduja is his FAVORITE flavor of all time.

That does it! I’m definitely going to Amazon to get this book. I’ve been wanting it for too long and each week, you show yet another wonderful, creamy concoction that I have to try. The brownies look wonderful and I’m sure that no one minds when you come late to anything!